Equilibrium Thermodynamics

This textbook provides an exposition of equilibrium thermodynamics and its applications to several areas of physics with particular attention to phase transitions and critical phenomena. The applications include several areas of condensed matter physics and include also a chapter on thermochemistry....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: de Oliveira, Mário J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2013, 2013
Edition:1st ed. 2013
Series:Graduate Texts in Physics
Subjects:
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Joule Principle
  • Carnot Principle
  • Clausius-Gibbs Principle
  • Thermodynamic Potentials
  • Thermodynamic Identities
  • Nernst-Planck Principle
  • Phase Transition
  • Criticality
  • Mixtures
  • Binary Mixtures
  • Phase Diagrams
  • Order-Disorder Transition
  • Magnetic Systems
  • Magnetic Ordering
  • Dielectrics
  • Solids
  • Liquid Crystals
  • Thermal Radiation
  • Thermochemistry